Author: mino

Some things that states with Blue power can do to dodge some of the worst effects of Trump policies.  Can’t start soon enough, imo. WaPo By Steven Pearlstein December 4 Preparing for Trump Shocks “If the Trump...

“The Democrats have to stop attacking Republicans for running federal budget deficits. I know it’s political fun and that the Republicans are hypocritical about budget deficits. Deficits are going to be...

New papers dicussing the ACA and how we got where we are.  Jacob Hacker’s NYT’s OpEd and PNHP’s Don McCanne, M.D.’s, rejoinder.  Very thoughtful. The public option in perspective–The Best...

By Matt Stoller https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-democrats-killed-their-populist-soul/504710 / I want to be able to find it again and again. “This mix of central planning and private monopoly may...

If Republican immigration completes the transformation of the Dems into a Blue Dog party–socially liberal, economically neoliberal–can a socially liberal, economically New Deal Left attract enough voters to be...